FEMA’s deadline for substantial completion of the Phase III jail building is August 2023. The city, which is working on the building reluctantly, says it won’t be finished until January 2024.
Over the summer, Mayor Cantrell met with a group opposed to the plan, telling them to come up with their own ideas for how to use the building. The group has been working on it but has not heard from city officials since July.
NOLA Public Schools will host a virtual town hall for parents with vaccine questions on Wednesday evening.
Three selective elementary schools will still have additional requirements after students apply through the centralized portal.
Civil rights attorney Katie Schwartzmann will serve as monitor for the Orleans Parish DA’s Office, the result of a settlement in a civil rights suit over the use of fake subpoenas.
Dryades runs Singleton Charter School, which is in the final year of its operating contract and could close next summer.
State officials say monitoring compliance is up to local school district authorities.
A monitor overseeing the New Orleans jail recently criticized the Sheriff’s Office over continued problems with drugs and contraband.
The City Council will begin hearings next week to determine whether it’s going to make any changes to Mayor Cantrell’s draft before finalizing a budget by the end of November.
